On Friday, September 18, the Austrian federal government presented the long-awaited climate law for public consultation. The draft is meant to create a framework for the country's climate policy, with the government still counting on achieving climate neutrality by 2040. ORF ↗
Austria had been without a climate law for five years. The new draft comes after a summer marked by extreme heat, which increased pressure to adopt comprehensive climate protection legislation. Details of the individual measures and their financing have not yet been included in the available information. Der Standard ↗
Environment Minister Norbert Totschnig of the Austrian People's Party described the draft as a significant step in climate policy. In a television interview, he stated that the previous government had failed to push through the necessary law. He also presented it as the most effective climate law to date. Der Standard ↗
The draft will now go through a public consultation process, in which interested institutions and other affected parties can submit their comments. The subsequent legislative process will determine the final form of the law and which specific instruments Austria will use to meet its goal of climate neutrality by 2040. The topic of climate legislation remains one of the government's key tasks, especially in light of increasing extreme weather events.
Austrian government sends climate law for public consultation
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